1981 Endeavour 40

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Name: Michael D. Redenius myacht@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Celebration
Year: 1981
Size: 40'
Date Purchased:1998

Boat History:
I beleive I'm the third owner. previous owner had it for six years before that unsure but boat related documents appear to be only one person.

Experience:
San Francisco, just sailed down in february 1999 to southern California

Boat Review/Upgrades:
I love the boat. i've heard many endeavours were built for the charter trade but this one is in excellent condition i haven't had any problems other than leaking hatches. atkins and hoyle have very poorly designed hatches and also very expensive. i've read some of the forums on weatherhelm ihave had the same problem on the san francisco bay where it blows 25-30 knots EVERYDAY in the summer. what i have done is reef the main or take it down completely when it get to 25 knots or more. the endeavours were designed with the COE and CLR too far aft putting tremendous pressure on the rudder. i have had full 130% genoa up with no main and sailed completely across the bay without ever touching the helm you need to keep or the force on the bow i spoke with rob at the endeavour factory ( he was there when they still built production boats) and he said even if you take all the rake out of the mast you can not tune out weatherhelm. he said people have had great success putting on a bowsprit and moving the headsail forward a couple of feet not worht it to me other than that as long as nothing goes wrong under the sole i should have this boat for years to come